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MIT, Boston College Refuse DMCA Subpoenas
phreakmonkey writes "Here's an interesting change of pace- According to today's Boston Globe, MIT and Boston College have both refused to turn over the identities of students to the RIAA under subpoenas. Citing failure of compliance with court rules and student privacy concerns, both colleges have refused to give out the names, addresses, or phone numbers of students based on their Kazaa screen names and IP addresses. I wonder how long the schools will be able to keep the RIAA's pack of lawyers at bay..."
But do you discuss this wonderful devleopment spearheaded and masterminded by the Bush administration? No... all you can do is sit here and talk about stealing music? PATHETIC!
i was wondering something... could you tell me what SCO stands for?
The real problem here is not that IT jobs are being outsourced. This is not an inherent problem. The problem is that IT jobs are some of the ONLY US jobs being outsourced.
Let's take food as an example. US Farmers should be an oxymoron. Food can be produced ridiculously cheaper outside the US. However, there are still many US farmers because of price supports, tarrifs and other such trade mechanisms. If these mechanisms were not in place, food would be dirt cheap and the overall cost of living in the US would go down.
The same thing is true of cars. If Americans could buy a Kia or Honda at actual market value, rather than market value plus a massive tarrif, no one would ever buy a GM, Ford or Daimler-Chrysler car again. Like the food example, this would drive the cost of living in the US down dramatically. Perhaps if enough such tarriffs were rescinded, US IT workers could live off wages competitive with those in India.
Free markets and a global economy are not bad things, and should not cause US workers to suffer. However, because of the many trade barriers already in place, such conditions will probably never become a reality. The only way IT jobs remain in the US is if either similar trade barriers are put into place or if current trade barriers are restricted. Until the US IT industry is on the same field regulation-wise with other US industries, it will continue to be moved overseas.